You know? My favorite character in Scott Pilgrim (both the movie and the books) was Wallace, Scott's gay roommate. I am not gay, but liked him all the same.
When I was a kid, She-Ra and Wonder Woman were two of my favorite superheroes. I am not a woman, but liked them anyway.
I've spent my whole life watching Godzilla movies, films that typically have all Japanese casts. White male characters in the Godzilla series are few and far between, and in some cases where white males were inserted into the film for the US release (like the original film or King Kong Vs. Godzilla), I actually prefer the original unaltered cut of the film. And before anyone says "But you only watch those for the monsters", Dr Serasawa from the original film is one of my favorite movie heroes of all time, and the scene between Mr. Shindo and Godzilla in Godzilla Vs. King Ghidorah is one of the very best scenes in the series BECAUSE of the human element and emotions involved.
And Wall-E is my favorite Pixar character...a fucking box on treads with binoculars for a head.
My point is why is everyone so obsessed with having their labels represented in film? Maybe the real white male privilege is that I just don't give a shit. I don't sit around watching Creed and thinking "Man this movie is great, but it'd be SOOOO much better if Adonis was a white male! I should be represented by the youthful protagonist of this film!".
I like characters that are interesting, likeable, and believable. It doesn't matter what they look like, what is between their legs, or who or what they are romantically linked too. Are they well written and interesting? Great That's all I need.
So this whole "Lets make this character gay/bi" when the character (to my knowledge) has never had those traits just feels forced and pandering to the numbskulls that care about that shit. I mean if those labels can just be flipped or changed, why not make Wonder Woman a transsexual? Or fuck it, just make her a man from the start. What's the difference?
And PS, making Wonder Woman Bi would only cause more of those straight white men you hate so much to objectify her and just watch the movie to watch her make out with other hot woman and get involved in 3 ways. It would be the cinematic equivalent to HLA, so good job.